Rice conference looks at impact of rising sea levels on Houston area

Rice conference looks at impact of rising sea levels on Houston area

BY FRANZ BROTZEN
Rice News staff

Will rising sea levels threaten residents of the Gulf Coast in the coming decades? Climate science and environmental experts will address the issue at a conference at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy April 9.
 
The event, titled “Next Century Forecasted Sea Level Rise: What Does It Mean for Houston?” will begin at 6:30 p.m.
 

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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has concluded that the global mean sea level has risen at an average rate of 1 to 2 millimeters per year during the 20th century through thermal expansion of seawater and widespread loss of land ice. Moreover, satellite observations in the last decade show that the rate has increased since 1993 to more than 3 mm (about an eighth of an inch) per year. Global mean sea level is projected by IPCC to rise between another 100